Can you drive through the Pine Barrens?
The Pine Barrens Scenic Byway is a nationally, recognized 130-mile route that takes travelers through classic Pine Barrens forests along wetlands and rivers as well as to unique Pinelands villages and important historic sites. NJ Scenic Byways website.
What is the most beautiful drive in America?
America’s Most Scenic Road Trips
- Scenic coastline Hana Highway, Maui.
- Scenic mountain highway in fall on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
- Aerial of Lake Shore Drive in Chicago.
- 17-Mile Drive along the PCH in California.
- Scenic U.S. hwy 1 in the Florida Keys.
- Rock formations along a road in Utah with a car side mirror view.
Where are the NJ Pine Barrens?
The Pine Barrens is a large and heavily forested area stretches across the southern coastal plain of New Jersey and is renowned for its unspoiled nature, abundant, and diverse wildlife. Also known as the Pine Lands, it covers a huge area of over 1.1 million acres, or 22 percent of New Jersey’s land area.
Do people live in Pine Barrens?
Today over 400,000 people live inside the Pinelands boundary. More than 20 million people live within 60 miles of the Pinelands. Residential subdivisions, shopping malls, offices and roads have eliminated and fragmented much of the original Pine Barrens ecosystem.
What is the most scenic drive in North America?
Zion National Park’s scenic drive (video below).
What is the Scenic Byways program?
Scenic Byways The National Scenic Byways Program is a voluntary, community-based program administered through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to recognize, protect, and promote America’s most outstanding roads. Through their state departments of transportation, communities can apply for designation as a State or National Scenic Byway.
What is drive NJ?
Ocean Drive (New Jersey) Ocean Drive is a series of local roads in southern New Jersey, connecting Atlantic City to Cape May along barrier islands on the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of several roads and includes all five toll bridges owned by the Cape May County Bridge Commission.